August 14, 2023 – Jianming Yu will become the fourth director of the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding at Iowa State University, effective Aug. 16. He will replace […]
Yu to lead Iowa State’s Baker Center for Plant Breeding
CALS Entrepreneurship Fellow innovates to deliver engaging course material and save students money
Walter Suza is making plant genetics educational materials more engaging and accessible for students on campus and far away. An adjunct associate professor in agronomy at Iowa State University, Suza […]
MS Agronomy Program Celebrates 25 years!
A first of its kind: Master’s in Agronomy program marks 25th anniversary A discussion over cups of coffee in 1995 about how students were commuting to Ames for master’s degree […]
Iowa State University research on genetic mutations aims to advance plant breeding
July 31, 2023- Siddique Aboobucker, Agronomy, looking at the scores for male fertility in a test plot for haploid maize at the Agronomy Research Farm, Boone, Iowa. Photo by Nazmul […]
Lübberstedt takes new role leading National Association of Plant Breeders
July 27, 2023 AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University professor Thomas Lübberstedt assumed the role of president of the National Association of Plant Breeders at the organization’s annual meeting, July 16-20, in […]
Interim Department Chair: Wiedenhoeft begins new role
Dr. Kendall Lamkey, outgoing Agronomy Dept. Chair, hands over the office key to Dr. Mary Wiedenhoeft, Interim Dept. Chair. Wiedenhoeft officially began her new role Tuesday, May 16. AMES, Iowa – […]
Spring BBQ at Brookside Park, May 18, 6:30pm
AGSC 2023 Spring BBQ at Brookside Park With the Spring semester over and temperatures warming up, let’s get together before the summer kick-off! BBQ and refreshments provided by the Club. […]
Iowa State Crop Judging Team named co-national champion
The 202 ISU Crops Team is a co-national champion! The team had great week placing 2nd overall as a team in Kansas City and 1st overall as a team in […]
Summer spent on a potato farm
From the east coast of Harrison, New York to the hills of Ione, Oregon, a change of perspective was just what Kai Goble wanted as he searched for his 2022 […]
Region V Soil Judging Contest brought to life by two Agronomy alums
The Region V Soil Judging contest went off without a hitch, thanks in part to two ISU Agronomy alumni. Former soil judgers, Jacob Schultz (BS, 2021) and Nathan Anderson (BS, […]
Taking risks: An internship in Idaho creates opportunity
Recording, analyzing, photographing, classifying, and traveling were tasks Elizabeth Tranel, junior in Agronomy from Madrid, Iowa, became familiar with this summer while she explored the fields of Caldwell, Idaho. […]
Major USDA grant supports pioneering agricultural genome to phenome collaboration led by Iowa State University
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced today it is awarding more than $1.8 million to support the work of the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative […]